Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1887-09-29
The Farmers Movement

that az hp Farmers AlliSucc. n
few months ago IL was scarcely
known in Copiah county, bur to.
,lhN neatly every community is
mn,l,d together. united A. To y
noble purpose and coutending for
those ii.htS aud privileges which
ore theirs by Inheritance, and
which were guaranteed to them by
the trainers Of the constitution
Toe Alliance has struck the popn.
lar cnorl. The honest yeOmanry
of ia, hand Who have been strug.
Cling along under system that
has dwar'cd their energies and
plnnged them deeper in debt year
after year hail with deli .ht this
opportunity TO accomplish by united
energy anh determination what
they cannot accomplish by indi.
vidnal .tIort.
The principal object of the ALI
unce is the advancement Of the in.
irrrs,s of the farmers. and while
dning this il is not sought Ia pull
dawn any other interest Agricul'
tn,r. cn.nmrrc" and the mechanics
sauu!d hr allies, not enemies. The
gt,at hulk of the American people
are tl!lrrS OF the soil. Without
agriculture no ships could Sai! on
tl, Scas; no railroad trains could
traverse this vast continent from
where ihc sun rises in lis splcn;!or
Ia whrr, it sinks tn icst; the vast
net work of telegraph wires could
not bear their mcsSagrson the wings
oi electricity; the great educational
institutions would lansuish aud die
and ignorance stalk abroad at
n, on,!ay. Agriculture il the basis
- ali other Industries, and 1t IL
Mah time that it should Ut least
take it's stand ~ an equal with all
others.
Every obSeivant man knows that
where there il prosperity among
the farmers all other classes pros
per. lieir in our own midst, You
lave seen that When crops Me
ahupdnt AMI the farmers were able
to square up their accounts the
mr,chants grt through all rghb
but wLrn the reverse is the cast
mercantile t.ilnicS arr liable In be
,hr result. While this Is referred
Ia !, i, intended as AZ illustration,
aud not meant 10 encourage II SPir.
between merchant and
FARMER. They are not necessarily
,n,,ni.s-one il essential to the
Other. 20 farmer expects u mer
[, Chant to sell him goods unless he
s'ifakrs a jas. and-reasoiable profit
ani II Is only against the oppres'
,iou, the ~xactions. the unreasona-
hlc per cent. and thu whitening
/ system nt deeds in trust that he
complaints, aud the Alliance Is the
mcans suught To remedy this.
While the gyow,h ofthe Alliance
has been phenomenal the good re-
suits cannot hr expected 10 follow
80 rapidly. All great movements
ar sloo y regimen: OF soldiers
mnv,. CASTER than all army; Il rlvulet
reaches it's destination SCORER than
river The farmers must first
rducat, themselves as tn the aims
AMI purposes Of the Alliance, re-
solve 10 adhere To- it's principles.
aud armed with the con cioiisneSs
of right, keep their eyes to the
iru { aud march over every obs,a-
Gle
But LITTLE may bc accomplished
in week, or in a mouth, or in u
year, but with harmony of action
,,md unity of purpose grand results
wilt aSSurrdly follow. Without the
aih of the Alliance, let iS see wha,
has been done in this State. Ii
was owing In the demands OF the
farming class thar the Agricultural
College at Siarkvillc, which is n
credit To the State, was established;
i, was through the influence OF the
farmers that the Railroad State
Commission was created; AMI IL
WAS through this same influence
that the inter X ate commerce law
was passed by Congress. Ii was
also IN recognition OF the farming
c!aSS that there is u Commissioner
at a sriculture. IL 30 much has
been accomplished without Organi.
za,ion, what may not be expected
through The influence and by the
demands OF the Alliance, which
is weeping over the county like Il
mighty avalanche?
We would admOnish our farm er
friends against internal discOrd. II